Another Brush With Fame

Cullens Family Lover Made This

Thursday, September 15, 2011

We ended our BookClub 100 Monkeys Stalking Adventure with a show at the San Diego House of Blues. While I was sad to say goodbye to the Monkeys, my feet were silently cheering. They probably would have done a happy dance, but were just too exhausted to even bother. I still can’t believe how many hours over the long weekend that we spent standing in line or squished up in front of a stage, but it really did go by quickly. Let’s face it… it’s not like I was going to spend that time solving world peace anyway and quality time with such great friends is a very worthy endeavor in my book.

There’s not much left to say about seeing 100 Monkeys in concert that I haven’t already gushed about in many other posts, so I’ll just get right to the pictures. Jackson and Jerad

Ben G. and Jackson

I love Jackson's dancing, but you've got to wonder about the decision to wear flannel on stage.

Jared solicited ideas from the audience for the night's improv song. He ended up going with "Aunt Irene" in honor of his aunt that was there attending with his whole family. Jackson's lyrics were hysterical and he ending it by thanking Jared's parents for "making love and creating Mohawtie."

Jackson and Uncle Larry

Since this was the last show on the tour, there was a extra energy and sense of fun as 100 Monkeys wrapped it all up in my home town. They closed out the night in a fabulous jam session with Kissing Club and Bleeding Horse Express. It was cool watching them have so much fun together and finish in a big way. Jackson and Bradley, the lead singer of Bleeding Horse Express. We enjoyed seeing this group from Vancouver open for the Monkeys several times and apparently Jackson liked them a lot too because he produced their new CD.

Jackson was videotaping us again. Hopefully there will be a tour DVD out soon!And before presenting our closing Hot Rob picture, I’m feeling a little nostalgic and want to thank all of you for your sweet and encouraging blog comments this year. Sharing my pictures and talking with you guys about my little Twilight obsession is always a highlight of my day and just as much fun as going to the events themselves. I would also like to give special thank yous to the BookClub for being such amazing friends, to 17foreverLisa for being the best enabler ever and a big, sloppy wet kiss to Mrs. P for letting me play on her blog. I love all of you Bitepackers and will use you as an excuse to double my stalky efforts for the rest of the year. Let’s just see where my husband’s Twilight tolerance ends, shall we? (just kidding ~ sorta)

Don’t forget to go Walk with Mrs. P! Today she gives us a breakdown of the Breaking Dawn trailer as only she can.

Mwahhh!!TwiloveSue XOXO

P.S. Here are a few last shots from the show that made me laugh

Jackson seems to be wearing the ears of some small, unidentifiable primate.

Bradley wore this interesting shirt for their last song. I don’t recall seeing it for sale at the Monkey merchandise booth, though.

The band put on such an energetic last show! They were on fire and played their hearts out. What a great week we had, and I'm so proud of the bookclub for not needing bionic transplants for our feet afterward. You got some fabulous pictures too!